In Miriam's account, Murphy had saved her when she was five and had nearly been burned to death.
But of course, Murphy still had no memory of it at all.
Time travel—Murphy was almost getting used to it, but why did it always feel as if he was paying off debts for his future self?
After that, Murphy asked about the state of the world now, and about what was going on with that Merlin and the giant dragon in the abyss.
"Merlin is actually just a title," Miriam said. "It represents the leader of the Order of Merlin. The Order of Merlin has existed for a very long time. It's said to have at least one or two hundred years of history. The Merlin you saw is the current leader of the Order of Merlin."
"The Order of Merlin is a wizarding organization. It was originally founded to protect wizards and Muggles under the oppression of the gods."
"But this generation's Merlin seems to have gone over to the gods," Miriam said. "On the surface, he still maintains a relatively neutral stance, claiming to the members of the Order that it is to protect us, to avoid angering the gods and causing an even greater disaster. But in truth, I discovered that he is carrying out a plan for some god."
It was only too normal for a long-standing organization of over a century to produce a traitor, so Murphy was not surprised. "What plan?"
"That giant dragon is named Nidhogg. It was once an evil god worshiped by the Vikings in Finland and Norway. But for some reason, it was trapped beneath Camelot. The Order of Merlin itself doesn't have that kind of ability; there must be some powerful god supporting this from behind the scenes."
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